Prophecies of Salushen

The characters are moving to a new and exciting location.
They have goals and plans.
They're starting to care for the world in which they exist.

I have plans laid for these two new and exciting locations.
I have maps and information written down ahead of time.
I have a wiki being made and an adventure log.
I have new music, posters, and ideas.

"It's time to take this to the next level!"

Because everyone needs to know about this chick :D

If someone has a blog and two other people start having a full on conversation between each other using the comments in a particular entry... is that bad? Insulting? Both?

My uvula is inflamed and swollen and as such is resting on the back of my tongue and making me swallow reflexively and it feels like I'm swallowing my uvula!! I hate it. I hate it so much. Cut it out of me because I don't need a trembling singing voice and English doesn't use the sounds it can make!!

When I woke up this morning, I was sick.
The night before when I was surrounded by friends and talking right at them, thus breathing on them, I just had a slightly tickly throat which I shrugged off as being my usual cough-that-never-goes-away.

So, um, I think you guys may have to chock up on vitamins and stuff!


/sorry

Prepare for the main meal:

Take 4 - 5 artichokes and snip off the tips of each leaf and cut a cross into the base, 1cm deep.
Put them in a pot and fill it with water halfway up the artichokes.
Simmer the artichokes for 15 minutes.

Remove from the pot, and tear the artichokes into quarters.

Remove each leaf and take out the fleshy bottom part of the leaves. This is the only edible part of each leaf.
Remove the central hairy core and the stem from the fleshy heart of the artichoke. This is the only edible part of the middle.

After that you'll have perhaps 1 - 1.5 handfuls of edible artichoke pieces.
Chop them up, put them to one side, and wonder why you bothered in the first place.

Main meal:

Take a table spoon of butter and two tablespoons of olive oil and combine them in a warm pan.
Take half a chopped onion and the artichoke pieces and fry them in the oil and melted butter. Do this until the onion is soft (5 - 7 minutes worked for me)

At this point start boiling some water in another pot. You're going to be boiling enough water to cook spaghetti for two.

Add one can of diced tomatoes (I used the Signature Range "Diced Italian tomatoes with Basil and mixed herbs" but I'm sure any will do)
Allow to simmer until there're lots of bubbles everywhere.
Add around 150 - 250 mls of fresh cream (depending on how much you can poor in before you feel guilty ;)

Add angelhair spaghetti to the boiling water. Cook for 2 - 3 minutes [until it's soft, basically, and it goes soft fast! (ha)]
Drain spaghetti

Add the spaghetti to the artichoke concoction and let it simmer for a few minutes, stirring it around and folding the vegies and sauce into the spaghetti while you're doing so.

Turn off the heat, and serve while it's still bubbling away!

...and that is the highlight of my day.

Tonight!: Gonna make an artichoke heart and diced tomato pasta dish for Errol!

Source: me, on the pagan forums.

This forum is for no particular person. The fact that you can log on without the approval or permission of another means that it's yours, for whatever reason made you think up a username to begin with.

If you want to talk about how you think the universe runs, go right ahead. If you want to ask questions and share ideas, then that's your right. It's not for one person to say "this is how it is" and leave you feeling stupid. Remember, feeling stupid is also your choice because who is someone to say that your views are wrong? If you have doubt, then they are wrong. If you have conviction, then they're right.

Because none of us knows for certain.

If someone says that "ur doin it wrong" or "this isn't what this place is for" then MAKE it that way. The brilliant thing about online space is that there can exist one place within another place. Both places can occupy the same space because what makes it different is the observer. Magic, divinity, and spiritual guidance within the internet is powerful because it really is just information and static energy. But how it's laid out affects you, the person who sees it.

"Both cyberspace and magical space are purely manifest in the imagination, both spaces are entirely constructed by your thoughts and beliefs." - Mark Pesce (one of the first technopagans)

And so this forum is a different beast for each of us. And thus it is a different thing for you. So make it whatever you want.

You have that right, and that power.

to: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/chronicles-of-salushen

This new site will be a lot better than LJ because IT HAS A WIKI!!
I'll also be putting in a weekly adventure log.

...only a few people probably are interested in this, I know :D

My week goes well. How about yours?

I simply had to share this with the pagans on my LJ list.
I present to you the Horned God that presided over the bonfire night!

The newspaper in the second Back To The Future has a headline "Washington Prepares For Queen Diana's Visit".

...it's bizarre to think I'm now looking at a fictional parallel universe!

Stargate Atlantis is pretty damn good.
It's not really like SG1, because the Atlantis essentially are starting from scratch. I really REALLY like how there're many small moments where they press a button and go "Oh, that's a teleporter." or "Oh, that unlocks the roof!"

And I hated McCay in SG1. But I love him in Atlantis.

Edited: they're recycling actors. I've seen Tolan as Dr Weir's boyfriend, and I'm sure I've seen the elder from "Childhood's End" before.
AND I know I've seen some of those Stargate worlds before.

Oh thanks, brain! Thanks for bringing me to the bottom of my mood cycle on games day! And soooo quickly too!

I really enjoyed being a petulant and emotional child just because I couldn't answer a trivial pursuit question or two.

OBVIOUS REASON (IS OBVIOUS) FOR GETTING A DRIVER LICENSE #501: I can go home when I feel I need to rather than when others want to.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-495538/Eighth-wonder-world-The-stunning-temples-secretly-carved-ground-paranormal-eccentric.html

That's frakking amazing!!

Until my birthday party.

This is just to ensure that as many people as possible have remembered. In the past I've been guilty og neglecting to tell some people until the night before. So...

IT'S MAH BIRTHDAY!!

Date: August 8th
Time: 5pm onwards
Where 24 Queens Avenue

What to bring: any alcoholic stuff you want, and bring a plate with food on it so that it's not another mad dash to the fish and chip shop to feed everyone.

Presents: You know how everyone is always all "Your presence is my present"?
Well, I like presents. The idea I had was that I wanted to save up for a new ipod. So if you can contribute towards this noble goal then awesome. If you can't, there's no harm done and enjoy the party :D

The theme is Science Fiction!

Hope to see you there :)

It has occurred to me occasionally that not many people know my spiritual beliefs, and I'm not sure anyone knows the full extent of them. I'm not going to do a full essay about it now because I'm still on the incline and my spirituality is strongest at the top of the sine curve, but I'll do it eventually.

What if one of the things that sends me down is because I feel too embarrassed to do the parts of my SHAMANISM around friends and family that I do when I'm alone. For example, I do a small blessing of food. And when I'm (lol... I was typing something here but deleted it coz it sounded hokey :-/ )

But yeah... shamanism.

That is all for now.

Of being too awesome for mere words to adequately express.

It's always a bit sad to know that while I can predict many things about my own life and body, it's still hard to control them. I say this merely to set up a theme and context for what I'm about to say. It's not a request for advice or anything. It's one of those things that I've become aware of and my mind will work in the background to solve. Keep this in mind: I am Background, not Direct.

And I've yet to decide if I will ignore replies that tell me what I should do or not. Only one person can really get past that and he knows who he is.

But anyway... back to the reason for this post.

( Warning: this is 2026 words long. You've probably read shorter essays. )